Spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors.



R.. E M M 0 B E SPRING HINGE ATTAUHMENT FOR LAVATORY DOORS.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 146,1908.

Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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.spring-hinge attachment for EMIL BOMMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPRIN G-I-IIN GE ATTACHMENT FOR LAVATORY-DOORS.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed July 16, 1908. Serial No. 443,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL BOMMER, a citizen ofthe United States of' America, residing at New York, in the borough ol Brooklyn, county ofk Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmrovements in Spring-Hinge Attachments or Lavatory-Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors such as are used in public and private bathing establishments, public comfort stations, water-closets, etc., in which the partitions which separate the compartments terminate in upright ipe-standards to which, in connection wit the partitions, the doors are hung where it is desirable to make a firm and reliable connection between the upright standard, partition, and door-hinge,- and for this purpose the invention consists of a separable attachment for lavatory-doors suitable for being clamped with the hinge to the upright standard at the end of the partition and the partition itself, connecting these parts rigidly together' and comprising in its construction av ring-shaped clamp formed of two separable parts connected at one end with each other and means for fastening the same to the pipe-standard, and provided at the opposite end with parallel fianges, and means for fa'stenin such flanges to the partition, and s ringinges a plied to cheeks formed on t e ring-shape( section of' the clamp to which one flange of each hinge is screwed, riveted or otherwise fastened, while the other flange of each hinge is attached to the door.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a front-elevation of m improved lavatory-doors, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2, 2, Fig. 1, and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are modified constructions, showing the connection of the two sections of the ring-shaped clamp.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.

Referrin to the drawing, a represents the partition that separates two adjacent lavatories from each other. At the front-edge of the partition a is arranged an upright pipestandard b to which two pairs of springhinges h, by which the lavatory-doors d are hung, are applied. The standard t is rigidly connected with the partition a by means of two ring-shaped clamps e, one for the upper spring-hinges and the other for the lower s ring-hinges to which each door is attached. l e ring-shaped clamp e is made of' two parts which are connected at the front-part either by a hinged knuckle el and pintle e, as shown in Fig. 2, fastening bolts eX, as shown in Fig. 3, or by bent-up interlocking flanges f f1, as shown in Fig. 4, or by a recessed overlapping flange f connected with the underlapping part f" by connecting screws s, as shown in Fig. 5. Any suitable connection between the two parts of the ring-shaped clamp e may be used. Each part of the ring-shaped clamp e is provided at its rear-part, that is to say, at the edge opposite the front connection between the parts of the ring-shaped clamp, with parallel flanges c3 which extend over the opposite sides of the partition and are attached thereto by transverse fastening bolts fx, which are rovided with heads and screw-nuts, and wasiers interposed between the heads and screw-nuts and flanges, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

Two bolts are generally used for attaching the flanges of the ring-shaped clamps to the partition, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ring-shaped clamp e is provided at opposite sides with raised cheeks e* having flat surfaces parallel with the longitudinal centerline of the partition and standard b to which the flanges of the spring-hinges 7L, by which the doors are hung, are fastened by means of machine-screws c5 which pass through the cheeks into the standard, or one flange of each hinge may be cast or formed integral with the cheeks oi the ring-shaped clamp. The spring-hinges are attached to the doors in the usual manner, so that each door swings independently. Any approved construction of spring-hinge can be used. The opposite sides of the doors Z abut against suitable rubbercushioned strikes in the usual manner.

The attachments with the spring-hinges and fastening bolts and Screws are made up ready for immediate use, and need not as heretofore be slipped down over the top of the standard and partition before the installation is entirely complete, but the same can be clamped into place or removed therefrom at any time when the installation is ready for the doors, the attachment forming thereby a very convenient and time-saving device for rigidly uniting the doors of lavatories with the partitions and upright standor by outwardly-bent flanges and CIK ards, in public and private bathing establishments, public comfort stations, etc.

Having thus described my invention, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors, which comprises a ring-shaped clamp formed of two parts, means for connecting the outer ends of the same7 transverse bolts for attaching the inner ends or flanges of the ring-shaped clamp to the partit-ion, and spring-hinges one flange of each of wnich is attached to the ring-shaped clamp, while the other flange is attached to the lavatoryedoor.

2. A spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors, comprising a ring-shaped clamp made of two parts, means for connecting the outer or front ends of said parts, parallel flanges at the rear-ends of the clamp7 transverse bolts for attaching said flanges to the partition, raised cheeks at opposite sides of the clamp, and spring-hinges one flange of each of which is attached to the cheeks and the other flange of which is attached to the lavatory-door.

3. -A spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors, comprising a ring-shaped clamp l l il made of two parts and having ianges at the rear-ends, means for connecting the outer or front ends of said parts, means for fastening the ring-shaped section of said clamp to the standard of the partition, and means for faste-ning the anges at the rear-end of said clamp to the partition.

4. In a spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors, the combination of a ring-shaped clamp made of two parts having means for connecting the outer or front ends of said parts, and means for fastening said clamp to both the upright standard and partition.

5. ln a spring-hinge attachment for lavatory-doors7 the combination of a ring-shaped clamp made of two parts and provided with means for connecting the outer or front ends of said parts, means for fastening said clamp to both the upright standard and partition, and a springdiinge one leaf of which is attached to the clamp.

ln testimony, that as my invention7 l have signed my name 1n presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL BOMMER.

lWitnesses PAUL GonBnL, HENRY J. Srnannina.

l claimrthe foregoing 

